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Rep. Ilhan Omar, who once stirred outrage by claiming, “Israel has hypnotized the world,” came under fire again Sunday by claiming that a pro-Israel lobby pays off American politicians. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle called her out when she tweeted that the relationship between the United States and Israel is “all about the Benjamins.” When Batya Ungar-Sargon, the opinion...

Freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar "unequivocally" apologized Monday for a tweet that was condemned by Democratic House leaders as "anti-Semitic" for asserting that lobbyists at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee are funding her critics. "Anti-Semitism is real and I am grateful for Jewish allies and colleagues who are educating me on the painful history of anti-Semitic tropes....

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) speaks to the media on Capitol Hill. Photo: Reuters / Joshua Roberts. Freshman Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D-MN) attempted to head off a storm of criticism on Monday with a statement saying she was “listening and learning, but standing strong” following the furor over her tweets the previous day that were widely slammed as antisemitic. While Omar...

'It's all about the Benjamins baby': Minnesota's Ilhan Omar again accused of anti-Semitism over tweets By Washington Post Today at 10:06 a.m. Ilhan Omar, DFL-Minneapolis, looks around from her seat on the floor of the Minnesota House as the 2017 Legislature convened at the State Capitol in St. Paul on Jan. 3, 2017. Scott Takushi / St. Paul Pioneer Press Rep. Ilhan Omar,...

The U.S. House of Representatives passed by voice vote on Wednesday afternoon an amendment to condemn anti-Semitism. Introduced by Rep. David Kustoff (R-Tenn.), who is one of two Jewish Republicans in Congress, it was added to a resolution calling on U.S. President Donald Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from Yemen. The procedural vote, a motion to recommit, on the amendment...

Social media users have called out the Israel lobby group AIPAC for seeking to profit from the controversy that swirled around freshman congresswoman Ilhan Omar after she tweeted messages criticized for anti-Semitism. The independent journalist and translator Mairav Zonszein tweeted a screen grab showing an email from the powerful lobby group AIPAC late Tuesday. She pointed out...